Hello Friends, 

Last September I took on one of the most important challenges of our generation- leading a student network focused on fighting back against debt, deficits, and government waste.

As I take over the reins for Generation Screwed as the new Executive Director, my message to my generation is simple: start caring and start fighting back. 

Our federal debt is increasing by more than $2,870 every five seconds, and Canadians are not alarmed. 

Just think about that number for a second, and realize that our federal debt increases more every five seconds than what the average millennial will make in two-weeks.

Still can’t help but feel disinterested? Unaffected?

I get it, and I don’t blame you.

Canadians don’t talk about this massive debt, yet the future implications are enormous. Massive debts and government waste happen and continue to happen, because we’re not keeping our governments accountable.

What a lot of Canadians seem to have forgotten about, is that they should expect value and accountability for their hard-earned cash. 

Canadians should expect that Governments know how to handle the budget.

Governments would like you to believe that they value things like “accountability” and “efficiency” but in practice, there’s not much of either. While politicians make decisions for the sake of continued re-election; they will promise you the moon only to leave you with the bill.

Because of that, the combined debt of all governments in Canada has ballooned to $1.4 trillion– and it keeps growing.

We need to stop encouraging politicians and governments to make commitments after commitments for the sake of making them. They have spent much of your money on feel-good projects and corporate welfare, and at the end of the day there’s really not much left for what truly matters.

Demand value for your hard-earned money, and demand accountability from the people you keep electing. 

Just think of the $26B cheque that the federal government wrote to big banks last year. That’s $26B just in interest payments– we’re not paying our debt back.

The money spent on the interest payments on our debt could have gone to reduce taxes or to the social nets and programs that desperately need it. 

Don’t let them waste your money, and fight back.

If this sounds like the challenge for you or for someone you know,  join us. 

Be a megaphone for the thousands who care, be a constant wake-up alarm that the government cannot put on “snooze”. 

Sign up below and be an advocate for your future and the future of our generation.

Sincerely,

Kris Rondolo

Executive Director of Generation Screwed